The World’s Story Volume V: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal - Audiolibro Gratis

Autor(es): Eva March Tappan,

Idioma: English

Género(s): Arte, diseño y arquitectura Ficción histórica No ficción Guerra y militar Ficción bélica y militar

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134 Capítulo(s)

1. Friedland, 1807, by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier (France, 1815-1891), painting, frontispiece
2. Italy Part I: In mediaeval times: Historical note
3. The coming of Charlemagne (774), by Gustave Masson
4. How Rome was defended from the Saracens (848), by Archibald Bower
5. The story of Gregory the Great (1050-1085), by Louise Creighton
6. Excommunicated, by Jean Paul Laurens (French painter, 1838), painting p. 12
7. St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226), by Eva March Tappan
8. The sermon of St. Francis, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
9. A day in Florence, in the thirteenth century, by Guido Biagi
10. Italy Part II: Dante and his age: Historical note
11. Dante's vision of Heaven (1265-1321), by Norley Chester
12. Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374), by Eva March Tappan
13. Pope Boniface defies his assailants, by Albert Maignan (France, 1844-1908), painting p. 36
14. A supposed street scene in Verona in the fourteenth century, by William Shakespeare
15. The rule of Rienzi (1347-1354), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
16. The flagellants, by Carl Marr (American painter, 1858), painting p. 48
17. Italy Part III: The Renaissance: Historical note
18. How the doges of Venice were chosen, from the old chronicles
19. The burning of the vanities (1497), by George Eliot
20. Benvenuto Cellini, a goldsmith of the sixteenth century (1500-1571), by Alexandre Dumas
21. Galileo before the Inquisition, by Joseph Nicholas Robert-Fleury (French painter, 1792-1890), painting p. 72
22. The Bridge of Sighs, by Lord Byron
23. Italy Part IV: Stories of the Italian artists: Historical note
24. Cimabue, the father of painting (1240-1302), by Clara Erskine Clement
25. Giotto and his ''O'' (1276-1336), by Clara Erskine Clement
26. Stories of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), by Giorgio Vasari
27. Padre Bandelli proses to the duke Ludovico Sforza about Leonardo da Vinci, by William Wetmore Story
28. Michael Angelo and Pope Julius II (1506-1512), by Anna Jameson
29. Michael Angelo and Raphael in the Vatican, by Horace Vernet (France, 1789-1863), painting p. 102
30. Raphael and his critic (1483-1520), by Giorgio Vasari
31. Vasari's memories of Titian (1477-1576), by Giorgio Vasari
32. Italy Part V: Modern Italy: Historical note
33. When Napoleon crossed the Alps (1800), by John S. C. Abbott
34. How Italy became a united country (1848-1861), by Louise Creighton
35. The forced recruit, Solferino, 1859, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
36. Garibaldi and his prisoner (1860), by Felicia Buttz Clark
37. France Part I: In the dark ages: Historical note
38. The Christmas of 496, by J. C. Bateman
39. The famous victory of Charles Martel (732), by A. W. Grube
40. The lament of Charlemagne for Roland (about 780), translated by Isabel Butler
41. Charlemagne, emperor of the West (800), by A. W. Grube
42. Rollo the Viking (885), by Eva March Tappan
43. Saint Louis opening the prisons of his realm, by Luc Olivier Merson (French painter, 1846-), painting p. 172
44. France Part II: Stories of the Hundred Years' War: Historical note
45. The battle of Crécy (1346), by Sir John Froissart
46. How Queen Philippa saved the burghers (1347), by Sir John Froissart
47. The coming of the Maid of Orléans (1428) by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
48. Coronation of Charles VII at Rheims, by Jules Eugène Lenepveu (from a painting in the Pantheon at Paris), painting p. 192
49. The death of Jeanne d'Arc (1431), by Mary Rogers Bangs
50. France Part III: France under the Valois kings: Historical note
51. Where Louis XI said his prayers (about 1483), by Victor Hugo
52. Anne of Brittany and her court (1476-1514), by Catherine Charlotte
53. The death of the chevalier Bayard (1524), from the old chronicles
54. Francis I and Charles V in St. Denis, by Antoine Jean Gros (French artist, 1771-1835), painting p. 226
55. King Francis I and the goldsmith (1540), by Benvenuto Cellini
56. France Part IV: The house of Bourbon: Historical note
57. The battle of Ivry (1590), by Thomas Babington Macaulay
58. Henry IV and Marie de Médici, by Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish painter, 1574-1642), painting p. 240
59. Cardinal Richelieu and his enemy (about 1640), by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton
60. In the days of the Fronde (1648), by Alexandre Dumas
61. The death of Louis XIV (1715), by Julie Pardoe
62. Louis XIV and Molière, by Jean Léon Gérôme (French painter, born 1824, died 1904), painting p. 270
63. France Part V: On the eve of the French Revolution: Historical note
64. When Marie Antoinette entered Paris (1773)
65. How the queen was served, by Madame Campan
66. The wardrobe of Marie Antoinette, by Madame Campan
67. The fall of the Bastille (1789), by Alexandre Dumas
68. The flight of Louis XVI (1791), by Charles Duke Yonge
69. The Marseillaise (1792), by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
70. France Part VI: The reign of Terror: Historical note
71. The execution of Louis XVI (1793), by Edmond Biré
72. Marie Antoinette in the Conciergerie, by Charles Louis Müller (French painter, 1815-1892), painting p. 316
73. In the revolt of the Vendée (1793), by Victor Hugo
74. Girondists on their way to the guillotine, by Karl Theodor von Piloty (German artist, 1826-1886), painting p. 326
75. At the guillotine, by Charles Dickens
76. The fall of Robespierre (1794), by Thomas Carlyle
77. France Part VII: Napoleon Bonaparte: Historical note
78. The eighteenth Brumaire, by François Bouchot (French artist, 1800-1842), painting p. 347
79. The battle of Eylau (1807), by Isaac McLellan
80. The retreat from Moscow (1812), by Victor Hugo
81. The retreat from Moscow, by Adolphe Yvon (French painter, 1817-1893), painting p. 352
82. The coming of Louis XVIII (1814), by Louisa Mühlbach
83. The return of Napoleon from Elba (1815), by Anonymous
84. When Napoleon returned from Elba (1815), by Napoleon Bonaparte
85. Waterloo (1815), by Victor Hugo
86. Evening of the battle of Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts (English painter, 1847), painting p. 384
87. The death of Napoleon (1821), by Isaac McLellan
88. France Part VIII: The Franco-Prussian War: Historical note
89. The white flag of Sedan (1870), by Emile Zola
90. One day under the Commune (1871), by John Leighton
91. The defense of Champigny, by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (born in Paris, 1848), painting p. 406
92. The soldiers' dream, by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille (French artist, 1848), painting p. 418
93. Spain Part I: Under the Romans and the Moors: Historical note
94. The sacrifice of the people of Saguntum (219 B.C.) by Mrs M. G. Quincy Sleeper
95. The white hind of Sertorius (about 80 B.C.), by Plutarch
96. The challenge of Paulus (about 672 A.D.), by Paulus
97. King Roderick and the magic tower (709 A.D.), an ancient legend related by Washington Irving
98. Diego Perez, ''the Pounder'', from an old Spanish ballad, translated by J. G. Lockhart
99. The Cid and the leper (eleventh century), an old Spanish ballad, translated by J. G. Lockhart
100. Spain Part II: The reign of Ferdinand and Isabella: Historical note
101. The elopment of Ferdinand and Isabella (1469), by John S. C. Abbott
102. Torquemada and the catholic king, by Jean Paul Laurens (French artist, 1838), painting p. 458
103. The surrender of Granada (1492), by Washington Irving
104. The governor of the Alhambra and the notary, by Washington Irving
105. A glimpse of Columbus in Spain (1492), by James Fenimore Cooper
106. Columbus at the court of Spain, by Vacslav Brozik (Bohemian artist, 1851-1901), painting p. 482
107. The return of Columbus (1493), by Washington Irving
108. Spain Part III: Spain at the height of her power: Historical note
109. The first voyage around the World, by Eva March Tappan
110. The abdication of Charles (1556), by William H. Prescott
111. The Escurial, by Théophile Gautier, translated by C. F. Bates
112. The knight of the windmills, by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
113. Captain Cuellar of the Armada and his troubles (1588), by James Anthony Froude
114. Spain Part IV: The period of decline: Historical note
115. Velasquez, the greatest of Spanish painters (1599-1660), by Mrs M. G. Quincy Sleeper
116. Spanish home life in the seventeenth century, by Mrs M. G. Quincy Sleeper
117. The queen and her superintendent, by Mrs M. G. Quincy Sleeper
118. The crossing of the Douro (1809), by Charles Lever
119. Portugal Part I: The age of chivalry: Historical note
120. How the first king of Portugal won his kingdom (1139-1185), by Oswald Crawfurd
121. The penance of a prince (about 1240), by Edward McMurdo
122. The coronation of Inez de Castro (about 1347), by Felicia D. Hemans
123. The betrothal of Princess Philippa (1385), by Sir John Froissart
124. A joust at the court of Portugal (about 1400), by Sir John Froissart
125. Portugal Part II: Exploration and discovery: Historical note
126. Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460), by John Fiske
127. The search for Prester John (1486), by John Fiske
128. The first voyage to India (1497), by William H. G. Kingston
129. How Portugal opened commerce with India (1498), by Jules Verne
130. The speech of Vasco da Gama to the king of Calicut (1498), by Luis de Camoëns
131. Portugal Part III: The last four centuries: Historical note
132. The departure of King Sebastian (1578), an old Spanish ballad, translated by J. G. Lockhart
133. The earthquake at Lisbon (1755), by Rev. Charles Davy
134. A Portuguese shooting party (1880), by Oswald Crawfurd

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This is the fifth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part V include Italian painters and poets, the French Revolution, the Spanish Inquisition and Portuguese explorers. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for A supposed street scene in Verona in the fourteenth century:
Gregory: Nemo / Sampson: Tomas Peter / Abraham: Monika M.C. / Benvolio: Eva Davis / Tybalt: Son of the Exiles / First Citizen: SaraHale / Capulet: Jim Locke / Lady Capulet: Foon / Montague: Larry Wilson / Lady Montague: Devorah Allen / Prince of Verona: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for The coming of the Maid of Orléans:
Earl Dunois: Monika M.C. / Johanna: Eva Davis / King Charles: Tomas Peter / Archbishop: Nemo / Hire: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Cardinal Richelieu and his enemy:
Richelieu: Foon / Julie: Monika M.C. / Huguet: Eva Davis / De Mauprat: Tomas Peter / Joseph: Nemo / Narrator: Sonia

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